[Talk-GB] Disused or empty apartments prior to demolition

[Silent Spike]

The `building` tag actually specifies the original purpose or form of the
building - it just happens that this usually aligns with the current use.
As such, I think it's fine to leave them tagged as `building=apartments`.

See: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:use. Interestingly
that wiki page points to the lifecycle prefix page for the case of disused
buildings, but I'd say feel free to use `building:use=disused` to
explicitly tag them for future mappers to see.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:22 PM Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Change it to building=yes + disused:building=apartments ?...it's still a
> building, but the original use is now disused?
>
> - Jez
>
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, 14:51 Gareth L, <o.i at live.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> There are some tower blocks near me which have been emptied of residents
>> ahead of eventual demolition of the buildings. They’re not coming back into
>> use due to issues with their construction.
>> http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/lzDlWfY8iYo2cUVmO1FNmQ/photo They’re
>> boarded up to secure them in the interim.
>>
>> All the guidance I can find on the abandoned or disused tags are to leave
>> the building as defined but to use abandoned/disused prefix on the amenity.
>>
>> These didn’t have an amenity though. They do still exist on the ground,
>> but no longer function as apartments.
>>
>> I’d like to use construction style tagging, but it doesn’t feel quite
>> right looking at all examples I’ve found. e.g.
>> Building=disused
>> Disused=apartments
>>
>> What have you used for buildings which are awaiting demolition, or are
>> undergoing a protracted demolition process but are not amenities?
>>
>> Gareth
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